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Body issues;csections, large overhang & very low. Support?

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WellieWanger · 28/07/2017 21:59

Hope this is posted in correct place. I also don't mean at all to sound shallow; I am grateful for my children.
I have had two c sections. Last one was 7weeks ago. My stomach muscles have already seperated from pregnancy number 1 so are pretty wrecked. I have always been overweight but I am currently 2 and a half stone lighter than before I was pregnant somehow. I am a very outgoing bubbly woman in her mid 20s. My body however is making me want to slice my own overhang off. Just talking about it now I could cry. I have a very low and big overhang. I have spent the past 5 years since after pregnancy number 1, sucking my stomach in as if I don't you it hangs over my crotch. You can see it through all my clothes, wearing jeans is awful because it just looks almost like a behind and despite having lost a lot of weight, I can't find clothes to fit correctly because the overhang is so big. I still have more weight I want to lose but only maybe a stone. I know that this overhang won't go and will actually just be exacerbated by losing weight as it will hang even more. I have Googled suitable clothing and for other people's stories but people just refer to theirs as a 'pooch'. Mine is so disgusting, it is more than a 'pooch'. I feel really insecure about my husband seeing me naked or touching me. I'm just horrified really. I had an overhang with the first but this is just awful. I don't know why I am posting really except perhaps for a gee up and some support or advice. I just really hate myself at the moment. If I only had the baby, I would happily spend all days in bed.

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GlitteryFluff · 28/07/2017 22:12

I totally hear you Flowers
Im 27 and had a section 3 years ago and due another in January. My overhang is massive, DS was 11lb7oz so my stomach was massive! I'm dreading what it's gonna be like after the next section.
I have no advice. I just sympathise Flowers

WellieWanger · 28/07/2017 22:19

Thank you. It's just so awful I am genuinely shocked. And I can't believe I can't even hide it with clothes. I am definitely having no more children though but the toll it takes physically on me is too much. 11lbs! Bless you. Mine were both around 8lbs so my muscles must have been shite to begin with x

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